Sink



Jan. 19, 1926,` C. E. HOWARD sINK Filed August 2, 1924 .2.... ab., J. ...n .t

Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

SINK.

Application filed August 2, 1924. Serial No. 729,739.

lie it known that I, Ciinnnns E. HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sinks, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention relates to sinks, and a purpose of my invention is theprovision of a sink constructed so as to permit teakettles anc similar' vessels to be placed directly be neath either faucet, whereby the com )lete filling oi the vessel with `water can be ei"ect ed without the necessity of tilting the same, as the present practice, and without the usual waste of water.

l will describe only one form of sink embodying my invention, and will then point ont the novel features thereof in claims.

in the acompanying drawings- Figure 1 `is a view showing in sectional perspective one form of sink embodying my invention in applied position;

lFigure 2 is a vertical sectionalview of the sink shown in Figure 1.

iteferring specifically to the drawings, in .vhich similar reference characters refer to similar parts, my invention in its present en'ibodiment comprises a body of substantially rectangular form, including a bottom "1.5 having longitudinal edges 16, and side walls 17 having upper longitudinal edges 18. The side walls 17 are arranged in convergent relation with respect to each other, and in such manner that they are inclined inwardly from the edges 16 to the edges 18, whereby it will be seen that the upper edges 18 are disposed between the lower edges 16. By forming the side wall 17 in this manner the transverse area of the sink at the bottom exceeds the transverse area of the sink at the top, and in applied position of the sink, as illustrated in the drawings, it will be clear thi t a teakettle designated at T, or any other vessel in which the sides diverge from the top to the bottom can be situated in the sink so that its mouth is disposed directly beneath either of the conventional faucets, designated at A and A". In this manner the water from either faucet is discharged di rectly into the vessel, thus eliminating waste of the water and permitting the complete filling of the vessel without the necessity of tilting the same, as is compulsory with the conventional form of sink having the straight or converging sides.

By constructiiig the sink with both side walls extending inwardly of the sink body, the reversing of the sink is permitted to render the saine applicable to the drain pipe, irrespective of whether the pipe is located at one end of the sink or the other.

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of sink embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made herein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

l claim:

Il.. A sink having the side walls thereof converging from the bottom to the top to dispose its bottom side edges beyond the top side edges and thatside wall which is adapted to be disposed directly beneath a faucet being inclined from the top of the sink in a direotioin outwardly and rearwardly from the sink, so that a vessel having sides divergingfrom top to bottom may have its mouth disposed directly beneath the faucet.

2. A sink having that side wall which is adapted to be disposed beneath the faucet inclined from the top ofthe sink in a direction outwardly and rearwardly from the sink, whereby a vessel having sides diverging from top to bottom may be positioned to dispose its mouth directly beneath the faucet.

CHARLES E. HOVARD. 

